@Mr Nick09 wrote:We never paid CR as much as Juventus is currently paying. We got him in his prime for fair wages for a long time when he asked to make 50 mil bet like Messi we said goodbye

I just love how you keep bragging about Madrid's finances like you're some shareholder of the club lol . Sit down fella

Perez was offering 25+5 while Juve offered 30, not much of a diffetence. If you think this is solely a money issue, then you're delusional. Ronaldo's relationship with Perez and the fact that he dint support him like how Barca supported Messi with the tax issue has something to do with his departure as well.

money is the number 1 reason and the main reason of his discontent with Madrid. He wanted us to pay his tax bill lmao. When he had his problems we issued public statements to support him, but that was it, that was his problem with Mendes and their accountants lol.

Exactly , the tax issue was the major problem. You told him to eff off when he expected the Messi treatment. But the wages ? You were almost matching the wage offer anyway. It was reported by multiple sources.

And the fact that you've been actively courting Neymar for the past year or so has obviously not sat well with him.

Obviously money is the primary reason , he's a brand/commodity afterall but there are multiple other factors that contributed to his departure as well.

Besides you only need to pay 100K in taxes for earnings outside Italy ( a recent rule) so I guess he saw us as an ideal destination in that regard.

So I don't get all this bragging about numbers. If Madrid pay 50M net to Neymar tomorrow , you'll still be here bragging about how Madrid are paying 'fair wages' .

I was merely pointing out that Ronaldo earned a ton at Real, just because he earns more at Juventus doesn't change my point.

His wages were not an issue because it's Real Madrid, now they are an issue because it's Juventus and used as a point of criticism when you know damn well, no one cares what he earns at Juventus, you don't care what Pjanic earns, you don't care what Dybala earns, you didn't care what Buffon earned, you only care if it has the opportunity to further your own position.

There's an assumption that Ronaldo's costs will inhibit our ability to navigate the market as we have been doing, but that's an assumption that cannot be evaluated in the same summer window that the player arrives. This signing was one that made sense on all fronts for the club.